Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is one telecom operator which is often overlooked while making comparisons in the prepaid segment between various plans. The reason is that the telco does not have an appreciable 4G network in the country. However, with this, what a lot of users overlook is the fact that BSNL still offers prepaid plans which come with attractive benefits. A lot of times, BSNL prepaid plans are the ones that trump over all the other countering offers from the private telecom operators. Recently, Reliance Jio has launched the Happy New Year Offer for the subscribers. Under this offer, the telecom operator is shipping its yearly prepaid plan for Rs 2,020. In the same price range, there is the Rs 1,999 BSNL prepaid plan. This makes both of these plans eligible for comparison, and that is what we are going to do. It is worth noting that although Reliance Jio ships the cheapest data amongst all the other prepaid operators, things differ a little bit when it comes to BSNL.

Reliance Jio Rs 2,020 Plan Benefits Explained
To compare the two plans, firstly we have to look at what Reliance Jio is offering to its subscribers. In the Rs 2,020 prepaid plan, Reliance Jio is shipping the usual yearlong benefits with daily data. The subscribers get to enjoy 1.5GB data per day, 100 SMS per day. As for the calling benefits, the subscribers will get 12,000 minutes of non-Jio calls to other operators, but the Jio to Jio calls remain unlimited and free like every time. Also, the subscribers get access to Reliance Jio portfolio of apps.